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Viewpoint by Len Tondel, from 1st June 2017
By
way of explanation. The
term 'home business' consists of two words.
'Business' is the second one; it's there to
qualify and support the word 'home' and all
that goes with it - and not vice versa. Consequently,
we also list below, items which are of interest
and value to the home. Whether in its context
as an office or as a part of your family and
lifestyle but always
directed at the improved prospects and enjoyment
that running a business from home, in its entirety,
can bring.
For a current, multi-part
overview of
starting and running a
business from home,
go here: http://www.homebusiness.org.uk/features.htm
 30.06.2017:
Sudden 'income shock' forcing cash-strapped
households to turn to foodbanks. http://www.aol.co.uk/money/2017/06/28/sudden-income-shock-forcing-cash-strapped-households-to-turn-t/
Customer
appetite for banking apps 'shows no signs of
abating'. http://www.aol.co.uk/money/2017/06/28/customer-appetite-for-banking-apps-shows-no-signs-of-abating/
Trump
travel ban: US sets out visa criteria. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40439552
And it's about time visa restrictions on
Americans were lifted and replaced by a universal
travel ban as well. Statistically the chances
of being killed by a homicidal American terrorist
maniac (including the police) chanting, 'Oh,
my God' is a thousand times greater than from
anyone of any other nationality, religion or
ideological persuasion.
Revealed:
The tricks and scams that earn car hire agents
£30,000 in bonuses. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/advice/car-hire-scams-europcar-employee-reveals-all/
Nars
make-up boycotted, after cosmetics tested on
animals in China. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/40440306/nars-make-up-boycotted-after-cosmetics-tested-on-animals-in-china
And nothing about L'Oreal, which not only
tests on animals in China but has a far darker
history to boot? http://www.voltairenet.org/article196856.html
Five
incredible auctions. http://www.aol.co.uk/money/2017/06/29/five-incredible-auctions/
2
Types of Customers No Business Can Afford to
Lose. https://www.thebalance.com/irreplaceable-customer-types-3515525?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9883095&utm_term=
5
Tips for Providing Excellent Customer Service.
https://www.thebalance.com/providing-excellent-customer-service-2951695?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9883095&utm_term=
How
Use a Feedback Survey to Boost Your Home Business
Profits. https://www.thebalance.com/boost-your-home-business-profits-with-a-feedback-survey-4117947?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9883095&utm_term=
New
smart trainers self-tighten and adjust temperature.
https://www.springwise.com/new-smart-trainers-self-tighten-adjust-temperature/?utm_campaign=819600_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-27&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,HKEO,2V1FMX,1TTAA,1
New
online guide offers socially-conscious listings
to Londoners. https://www.springwise.com/new-online-guide-offers-socially-conscious-listings-londoners/?utm_campaign=819600_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-27&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,HKEO,2V1FMX,1TTAA,1
Print
advert tells customers their foot type.
https://www.springwise.com/print-advert-tells-customers-foot-type/?utm_campaign=821000_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-28&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,HLHK,2V1FMX,1TXMQ,1
News
consumption app helps users diversify their
sources. https://www.springwise.com/news-consumption-app-helps-users-diversify-sources/?utm_campaign=821000_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-28&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,HLHK,2V1FMX,1TXMQ,1
Chest
wearable monitors and regulates stress management.
https://www.springwise.com/chest-wearable-monitors-regulates-stress-management/?utm_campaign=821000_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-28&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,HLHK,2V1FMX,1TXMQ,1
29.06.2017:
British Attitudes Survey: More Britons 'back
higher taxes'. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40408576
Do we know if this is a fake survey or not?
The regime and its Brownshirts do have serious
form in this regard.
UK
house prices rebound, Nationwide says. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40421861
As in a bouncing cheque?
Adults
returning to ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’
to help them ascend second step on property
ladder. http://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/property-ladder-bank-mum-dad-homes-houses-second-steppers-lloyds-bank-research-a7800636.html
BT
tops complaints table for broadband and pay
TV customers. http://www.aol.co.uk/news/2017/06/28/bt-tops-complaints-table-for-broadband-and-pay-tv-customers/
Almost not a news item.
Mapped:
How does your broadband speed compare with the
rest of Britain? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/bills-and-utilities/broadband/mapped-does-broadband-speed-compare-rest-britain/
This would be better re-phrased as, 'Who
has Britain's worst broadband?'
Mobiles
'fast replacing' bank branch visits. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40421868
Given the rate of branch closures, even a
Sun/Daily Mail reader could have worked that
out.
Tax
software blamed for cyber-attack spread.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40428967
We knew the Americans would be behind it
all - factored out on this occasion through
their puppet state of Ukraine.
'Vaccine'
created for huge cyber-attack. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40427907
Arrests
in UK over Microsoft scam calls. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40430048
It's certainly one way of tackling cybercrime.
Ban all Microshite products.
Faecal
bacteria 'in ice in Costa, Starbucks and Caffe
Nero'. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40426228
Hardly a surprise! It's why catering professionals
never eat at their own establishments - or anyone
else's, for that matter. And that's before you
even get to countries like France where personal
hygiene in public places should be classed a
world health risk.
The
Great British Brew Off: how we became a nation
of home beer makers. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/beer/great-british-brew-became-nation-home-beer-makers/
Small
beer: Britain's 10 tiniest pubs. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/pubs-and-bars/small-beer-britains-10-tiniest-pubs/
28.06.2017:
UK consumer confidence collapses after general
election delivers hung parliament and property
market slows. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-consumer-confidence-latest-election-result-hung-parliament-property-market-centre-economics-a7808516.html
Not according to regime propaganda, it isn't.
Which is a surefire indicator that it is.
David
Davis: UK will have left customs union and single
market by March 2019. http://www.aol.co.uk/news/2017/06/27/david-davis-uk-will-have-left-customs-union-and-single-market-b/
UK
National Cyber Security Centre says it is 'aware
of global ransomware incident'. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/global-ransomware-cyber-security-centre-ukraine-russia-wannacry-wpp-nhs-attack-hacking-virus-a7810716.html
Cash
'lives on' after 50 years of ATMs. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40404814
For those who have cash, that is. And despite
all the self-serving bullshit from the criminal
banking system that the days of cash are numbered
and that it's all pay by phone or contactless.
Which suits them perfectly.
Your
local branch has gone and you don't like online
banking. What are your options? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/future-of-money/local-branch-has-gone-dont-like-online-banking-options/
Scottish
areas worst for broadband speeds, says Which?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-40408376
EU
hits Google with record £2.1bn fine for
abusing internet search monopoly. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/06/27/eu-hits-google-record-21bn-fine-abusing-internet-search-monopoly/
Google slapped with record £2.1bn fine
for online shopping competition breaches.
http://www.aol.co.uk/news/2017/06/27/google-slapped-with-record-a-2-1bn-fine-for-online-shopping-comp/
And if GoogleAdshite was to be banned altogether
it is remotely possible one might be able to
trawl the internet again at speeds which approached
the good 'ole days of dial-up!
Just
looking at your smartphone makes you less intelligent,
study finds. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/06/27/just-looking-smartphone-makes-less-intelligent-study-finds/
And the only people who haven't been aware of
this are - 'smartphone' (dummyphone) users!
How
To Meet The Locals In The World’s Coolest
Cities. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/how-to-meet-the-locals-in-the-worlds-coolest-cities_uk_591d7459e4b03b485caec8b2?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D-909923628_uk
The best way to meet new business partners
as well. Those that aren't being murdered by
Americans and its associated terrorist organisations
such as the UN, NATO, the 'special relationship',
etc, which are ramping up fake excuses to murder
hundreds of thousands more innocent people in
Syria, North Korea and now, Pakistan, as we
write.
World
of books: Ready to write your own best-seller?
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/book-world-ready-to-write-your-own-bestseller-a7790221.html
I
thought writing novels from home was the dream
- I didn't realise how lonely I had become.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/work/thought-writing-novels-home-dream-didnt-realise-lonely-had/
Harry
Potter is the UK's most successful businessman
– and JK Rowling knows it. http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/harry-potter-reveal-j-k-rowling-british-economy-most-successful-businessman-a7808841.html
27.06.2017:
Taxpayers face fines due to HMRC website errors.
http://www.uhy-uk.com/news-events/news/hmrc-refusing-to-fix-website-errors-that-will-hit-taxpayers-with-automatic-fines/
Hacker Young has warned that errors in HMRC's
online self-assessment forms will not be corrected
before February 2018, leaving taxpayers who
choose to file their 2016/17 tax return online
at risk of fines. If a taxpayer is affected
by an error, their online return will be rejected
and they will be required to submit a paper
return instead. If they leave it until the last
minute to submit their 2016/17 return (31 January
2018), they will have already missed the deadline
for paper returns (31 October 2017) by three
months. At least 18 separate errors have been
identified by Hacker Young. (EnterpriseQuest)
Borrowing
wanes as rising inflation tightens the squeeze
on consumers. http://www.aol.co.uk/news/2017/06/26/borrowing-wanes-as-rising-inflation-tightens-the-squeeze-on-cons/
Business
confidence on the up, Lloyds survey finds.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40400214
Brexit
could destroy the UK's food and farming industry
– or be the making of it. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/26/brexit-watershed-farming-food-industry-michael-gove
PayPal
Working Capital advances £400m to UK small
firms. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/69693/paypal-small-business-financing-scheme-advances-400-million-in-working-capital
PayPal has announced that its cash advance scheme
has provided more than £400 million to
around 22,000 small firms since it launched
in 2014. PayPal Working Capital provides firms
with a cash advance of up to £100,000
on their future sales. The application process
is entirely online and funding can be approved
and transferred within minutes of an application
being submitted. The cash advance is repaid
as a fixed percentage of a firm's sales that
are made through PayPal. (EnterpriseQuest)
Google
is going to stop reading your emails to learn
about you. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/06/26/google-going-stop-reading-emails-learn/
Colorless
coffee gives all the caffeine and none of the
stains. https://www.springwise.com/colorless-coffee-gives-caffeine-none-stains/?utm_campaign=817122_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-26&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,HIHU,2V1FMX,1TM6J,1
Ear
device uses authentication technology to prevent
fraud. https://www.springwise.com/ear-device-uses-authentication-technology-prevent-fraud/?utm_campaign=817122_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-26&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,HIHU,2V1FMX,1TM6J,1
26.06.2017:
Brexit: David Davis 'pretty sure' of free trade
deal. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-40397312
Just as he was 'pretty sure' the Tory/media
hate-preaching campaign against Jeremy Corbyn
was going to give his WC (war criminal) Party
a landslide election victory.
Free
trade deals for 'poorest countries' to be maintained
post-Brexit. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40395742
Translation: Fake Brit, Brexit Knobheads
and radicalised Daily Mail/Sun readershits without
the brains, skills or work ethic to compete
with exploited overseas labour can continue
to rely on cheap imports.
Brits’
bogus food poisoning claims leave hoteliers
crying: ‘¡Basta!’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/24/hotels-compensation-spain-cyprus-bogus-food-poisoning-claims
Is that a typo?
Peer-to-peer
designer clothing rental starts up in Toronto.
https://www.springwise.com/peer-peer-designer-clothing-rental-starts-toronto/?utm_campaign=815570_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-23&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter
3D
food platform delivers bespoke popsicles.
https://www.springwise.com/3d-food-platform-delivers-bespoke-popsicles/?utm_campaign=815570_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-23&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter
New
pilot plant provides ‘energy on demand’.
https://www.springwise.com/new-pilot-plant-provides-energy-demand/?utm_campaign=815570_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-23&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter
25.06.2017:
Parliament hit by cyber-attack. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40394074
So instead of simply changing passwords perhaps
this is the time to change Parliament, instead?
Shed
sales boom as homeowners can't afford to move.
http://www.aol.co.uk/money/2017/06/24/shed-sales-boom-as-homeowners-cant-afford-to-move/
For those unfortunates living in jerry-built,
high-rise Tory death traps, that sounds like
a very upmarket move.
Red
phone boxes and Union flags: 1,000 Britons given
free trip to migrant-hit Calais as town attempts
to woo tourists. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/24/red-phone-boxes-union-flags-1000-britons-given-free-trip-migrant/
The problem with people wanting to visit
Calias is that they will either have to run
the gauntlet of criminal, French trade unionists;
or, be rounded up and violently moved on by
the gendarmes after being forced to starve
and wash in their own piss for two weeks.
Is
your money safe with an ‘app-only’
bank? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/personal-banking/current-accounts/money-safe-app-only-bank/
Is your money safe with ANY bank?
'The
Government has seized my money, but no one will
tell me how much'. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/jessica-investigates/government-has-seized-money-no-one-will-tell-much/
Sir
Peter Rigby: 'entrepreneurs aren't made, they're
born - the mentality is in their genes'.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/06/24/sir-peter-rigby-entrepreneurs-arent-made-born-mentality-genes/
Which flies in the face of the regime's credo
that anyone can be an entrepreneur. Not that
the present regime, its gurus, advisers, Brownshirts
and propaganda have been right about anything
whatsoever so far.
Ofsted
will crackdown on extremism and promote 'British
values', Amanda Spielman vows. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/06/23/ofsted-will-crackdown-extremism-promote-british-values-amanda/
It seems like only yesterday that the regime
and its Brownshirts were going to be promoting
entrepreneurship in schools. So what 'British'
values are we talking about now? Lying, thieving,
corruption, murder, crimes against humanity,
war crimes - all in the name of 'empire', the
'commonwealth' and the 'special relationship'
(fagging for American terrorism)?
24.06.2017:
Brexit: Businesses in denial over stark future
of British economy, senior KPMG auditor warns.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-latest-uk-economy-businesses-denial-warning-kpmg-auditor-karen-briggs-a7802401.html
What
Brexit has cost us – one year on from the
historic vote to leave the EU. http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/what-brexit-cost--one-10669544
A
year on, the proof that Project Fear's Brexit
warnings have yet to come true. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/06/23/year-project-fears-economic-brexit-warnings-have-yet-come-true/
Or, 'What Brexit has cost us' - official
propaganda version.
Watchdog
clamps down on online gambling. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40378723
Facebook
launches initiative to fight online hate speech.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40371869
Going to remove links to Little Ingerlandt's
media, is it?
Virgin
Media urges password change over hacking risk.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40371373
The
'hackable home' scare as investigation exposes
vulnerabilities of smart home devices. http://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/hackable-home-scare-investigation-exposes-10670848
The
celebrities you never knew had successful businesses
on the side. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/06/23/celebrities-never-knew-had-successful-businesses-side/
'Never knew . . . ' because Little Ingerlandt's
media has been too busy in recent months mounting
campaigns of hatred, propaganda, disinformation
and lies instead of doing some populist reporting.
No
phone, no internet: Welsh eco-home known as
the 'hobbit house' for sale for £160k
will force you to take a digital detox.
http://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/buying/no-phone-no-internet-welsh-ecohome-known-as-the-hobbit-house-for-sale-for-160k-will-force-you-to-a111531.html
But it does have solar panels. So how are
they managed in 'digital detox' form? This reminds
me of a visit I made many years ago to a small
'eco' housing development, also in Wales, built
with the home office/homeworker/home business
in mind. I failed to see then, just as I do
with this home, what was so different about
the construction that it warranted such an inflated
price tag. If you want a real 'off grid', 'digital
detox' house and not just something designed
to appeal to a clueless city dweller armed with
a dummyphone, then you need look no further
than many rural areas of France where around
45,000 euros should easily buy you 'the good
life' with a decent bit of land included.
After
that, all you will need are the necessary lifestyle
skills to make a success of it all. Something
which city dwellers armed with dummyphones are
also unlikely to have.
10
Top Business Tips for Starting a Business That
Will Succeed. https://www.thebalance.com/top-tips-for-starting-a-business-that-will-succeed-2947246?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9883017&utm_term=
10
Low-Cost Ways to Promote Your Business.
https://www.thebalance.com/budget-friendly-business-promotion-2948441?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9883017&utm_term=
Why
Should You Write a Business Plan? https://www.thebalance.com/why-write-a-business-plan-2948013?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9883017&utm_term=
23.06.2017:
Emergency services face £114m rates bill.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40264405
That will teach all those Muslim ragheads
to expect an emergency response the next time
a Tory, jerry-built block of flats goes up in
flames. Perhaps this is the regime's latest
form of lo-cost 'intervention' or 'foreign policy'?
Same victims; only closer to home.
Buy-to-let
lending forecasts revised down after 'weak start'
to 2017. http://www.aol.co.uk/money/2017/06/22/buy-to-let-lending-forecasts-revised-down-after-weak-start-to/
Spare
landlords more tax changes, says CML. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40366486
UK
rail ticket machines hit by IT glitch. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40367628?foo=bar&
Royal
Mint seeks views on new £1 coin. https://www.acs.org.uk/royal-mint-calling-for-views-on-new-pound-coin-transition/
The Royal Mint has invited people who work in
the convenience sector to complete an online
survey on the new £1 coin. The survey
asks respondents for their views about the introduction
of the new coin earlier this year and the arrangements
for the co-circulation period. During the co-circulation
period, which will end on 18 October 2017, both
the new and the old £1 coin are legal
tender. After this date, the old £1 coin
will no longer be legal tender. The survey will
close on 23 June 2017. (EnterpriseQuest)
16
million Americans believe chocolate milk comes
from brown cows. http://www.disclose.tv/news/16_million_americans_still_believe_chocolate_milke_comes_from_brown_cows/139378.
We can do even better than that in Little
Ingerlandt where the same number of people (allegedly)
voted for Brexit without knowing any of the
true facts; vote/d for the lying, thieving,
war criminal Tory party; and believe what they
read in the country's lying, hate-preaching
Coalition of Evil propaganda such as The Daily
Mail and The Sun!
Building
firm advert featuring naked woman banned as
it's 'sexist and demeaning to women'. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/building-ad-naked-woman-shower-10665746
Will they be banning advertising for beauty
products now as well?
Front
door colour the most likely to help sell your
house. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/homes-houses-property-sales-moving-front-door-colour-estate-agents-advise-a7802396.html
10
Things You Can Make and Sell for Extra Cash.
https://www.thebalance.com/making-and-selling-things-for-extra-cash-4142344?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9866744&utm_term=
Trainers
made from algae help the environment. https://www.springwise.com/trainers-made-algae-help-environment/?utm_campaign=814048_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-22&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,HG4G,2V1FMX,1TBHC,1
Ecologically-friendly
paint uses graphene for improved insulation.
https://www.springwise.com/ecologically-friendly-paint-uses-graphene-improved-insulation/?utm_campaign=814048_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-22&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,HG4G,2V1FMX,1TBHC,1
K2's
June 2017 Turnaround News Update. http://mailchi.mp/843184e37fc3/more-on-confronting-reality-from-tony-groom-1054013?e=d713ab80d9
22.06.2016:
UK holiday fraudsters could face jail. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40348282
Fruit
and veg farmers facing migrant labour shortages.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40354331
Not to worry. There's 'millions' of Fake
Brit Brexiteers and patriotic, radicalised Sun
and Daily Mail wasters just champing at the
bit now that all those foreigners aren't stealing
their jobs. Eh?
Queen's
Speech 2017: Lettings fees to be banned.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40354019
Ministers
'considering best way to protect consumers from
rip-off energy prices'. http://www.aol.co.uk/money/2017/06/21/ministers-considering-best-way-to-protect-consumers-from-rip-of/
Well. At least that's what they're pretending
to be doing. Again.
UK
quality of life has stagnated in the past four
years, report shows. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/22/uk-quality-life-has-stagnated-past-four-years-report-shows/
WhatsApp
rises as a major force in news media. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40340830
Which is why Theresa May, The French, NATO,
the Americans, etc, are using 'terrorism' as
an excuse to increasingly control the internet.
It's 'alternative' news sources to official
regime propaganda that is costing them elections
and jeopardising criminal establishment interests.
It would be much easier if politicians and Big
Corp could rely solely on the hate-preaching
campaigns of misinformation provided by undemocratic,
lying ass-wipes like The Mail and The Sun.
Five
ways to use social media to sell your home.
http://www.aol.co.uk/money/2017/06/21/five-ways-to-use-social-media-to-sell-your-home/
5
Common Advertising Mistakes Made By Small Businesses.
https://www.thebalance.com/common-advertising-small-business-mistakes-4142640?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9866794&utm_term=
Ways
to Run Your Own Advertising Campaign. https://www.thebalance.com/run-your-advertising-campaign-39252?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9866794&utm_term=
21.06.2017:
Contactless now the favoured way to pay for
British shoppers as spending leaps 34 per cent
since the start of 2017. http://www.internationalsupermarketnews.com/news/28379
Property
sales slump across towns in England and Wales.
http://www.aol.co.uk/money/2017/06/20/property-sales-slump-across-towns-in-england-and-wales/
Problem
debt could affect one in six adults. http://www.aol.co.uk/money/2017/06/20/problem-debt-could-affect-one-in-six-adults/
Eight
ways to spot a friend or family member is in
debt. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40340737
Finsbury
Park attack: 'It’s a shame they couldn't
hire a tank', son of van business owner reportedly
says. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/finsbury-park-attack-darren-osborne-van-own-son-tank-hire-comments-reports-a7799371.html
The cowardly wanker could always hop over
to Syria and take part in the Coalition of Evil/ISIS/EU/Little
Ingerlandt plane/drone/tank attacks on the defenceless
civilian population over there. Or in Afghanistan.
Or Iraq. Or Libya. Or the Yemen. Or Pakistan.
Etc, etc, etc. If it's not the media's Gobshite
Quartet which continues to have a negative impact
on the country's business image, it's their
radicalised, minority following doing the same.
Government-funded
new social housing has fallen by 97% since 2010,
figures reveal. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/social-housing-government-funded-properties-rent-falls-97-per-cent-study-homes-communities-agency-a7799116.html
It's not cheap, subsidising American-led
international terrorism. A single bomb costs
hundreds of thousands of pounds yet sometimes,
it only kills one child, so government cuts
have to be made somewhere.
Brexit:
Butlins owner handed record fine after breaking
spending rules with Leave campaign adverts.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-leave-eu-campaigner-peter-harris-butlins-record-fine-12000-electoral-commission-penalty-a7799176.html
Consumers
in Training: A Top Consumer Trend for 2017.
http://www.internationalsupermarketnews.com/news/28373
Could
a new scanner end the headache with liquids
at airport security? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/new-scanner-liquids-at-airport-security/
Is this the scam which obliges travellers
to divest themselves of their liquids at 'airport
security' and then replace them again from numerous
retail outlets once they are airside? At great
cost and profit to (mainly) US Big Corp? Accompanied
by much time-wasting, albeit highly lucrative
(mainly US Big Corp) security bullshit to boot?
New
initiative helps recycle coffee cups. https://www.springwise.com/new-coffee-cup-recycling-initiative-launched/?utm_campaign=810044_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-20&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,HD18,2V1FMX,1T0UD,1
Concrete
is reinforced with recycled tyres. https://www.springwise.com/concrete-reinforced-recycled-tyres/?utm_campaign=810044_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-20&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,HD18,2V1FMX,1T0UD,1
20.06.2017:
UK Caves In On First Day Of Brexit Talks.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/david-davis-brexit-michel-barnier_uk_594809d4e4b0cddbb00887ba?utm_hp_ref=uk&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D-485837463_uk
Could we have expected anything more from
a bunch of Fake Brits practised only in knob
polishing American Big Corp?
Loan
trends show decrease in consumer confidence,
MoneySuperMarket says. http://www.aol.co.uk/money/2017/06/20/loan-trends-show-decrease-in-consumer-confidence-moneysupermark/
Financial
watchdog to probe insurance access issues.
http://www.aol.co.uk/money/2017/06/20/financial-watchdog-to-probe-insurance-access-issues/
Self-employed
collaborate to tackle challenges. http://www.fsb.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/collaboration-no-longer-a-dirty-word-for-self-employed-as-they-look-to-fill-gaps-left-by-government
The self-employed are pooling their resources
and collaborating more in order to fill the
gaps left by government, according to a joint
report by FSB and the RSA. The report, 'The
Self-Organising Self-Employed', has revealed
that self-employed workers are collaborating
on and supporting a range of initiatives that
provide financial support and economic security
to the self-employed. According to the RSA and
FSB, successive governments have failed to address
the challenges facing the self-employed, and
"it has been left to the self-employed
to try and fill the gap through innovative ideas
such as cooperative models of savings and collective
insurance models". (EnterpriseQuest)
Whether
voluntarily or by design, the self-employed
are notorious for their lack of collaboration,
no matter how beneficial it might be. Which
is what successive governments have counted
on for generations and despite what this report
suggests, that ain't going to change any time
soon. And especially since social media
has come along to pretend to be of use. Which
it is, of course. To scammers, terrorists, nutters
and Bob Hopers.
More
consumers in disputes with European traders.
https://www.tradingstandards.uk/news-policy/news-room/2017/more-uk-consumers-ask-the-uk-european-consumer-centre-for-help
The UK European Consumer Centre (ECC) has recorded
an 18.2% rise from 2015 to 2016 in the number
of consumers asking for advice and support about
contract disputes. The UK ECC helps consumers
settle disputes with traders in other European
countries. It received the largest number of
complaints from consumers about transport, recreation
and culture, and restaurants, hotels and accommodation.
According to the UK ECC, a rise in the number
of Britons visiting Europe for business and
leisure is behind the growth in the number of
consumers asking for support. (EnterpriseQuest)
As
long as they try to avoid doing business with
the French, they should get by.
Van
driver killed in Calais after migrants block
road with tree trunks. http://www.aol.co.uk/news/2017/06/20/van-driver-killed-in-calais-after-migrants-block-road-with-tree/
Which probably wouldn't have been reported
at all if the road block had been laid by French
trade union criminals aided and abetted by their
mates, the gendarmes.
Peer-to-peer
micro jobs app targets Gen-Z. https://www.springwise.com/peer-peer-micro-jobs-app-targets-gen-z/?utm_campaign=808274_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-19&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,HBO2,2V1FMX,1SVCX,1
Flying
car crosses the English channel. https://www.springwise.com/flying-car-crosses-english-channel/?utm_campaign=808274_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-19&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,HBO2,2V1FMX,1SVCX,1
A development driven by those who have been
suffering from the constant strikes of French
air traffic controllers.
Would
you pass a British citizenship test? One in
three fail. http://www.aol.co.uk/travel/2017/06/19/british-citizenship-test-quiz/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D289782547_uk
Only 'one in three'? They obviously
haven't given the test to Little Ingerlandt's
politicians (especially the Tories), media presenters,
Twatterers and The Gobshite Quartet's hate-preaching
columnists and readershits!
19.06.2017:
Business bodies come together in call for softer
Brexit. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40318285
Chancellor
confirms UK will leave EU customs union and
single market. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/06/18/chancellor-confirms-uk-will-leave-eu-customs-union-single-market/
Whisky
and salmon boost food and drink exports.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-40315389
They regularly top the UK's export charts,
actually. Unlike the output of the UK's murder
industry. As not reported by the country's hate-preaching,
media Gobshite Quartet.
'Tory
campaign failed to focus on economy'. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40318674
Well. The British economy, let us say. They
were certainly continuing to root for the American
economy. Especially America's Big Corp economy.
HSBC
internet banking not working. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/hsbc-down-internet-banking-not-working-cache-loading-problems-issues-a7787261.html
This
earpiece can translate foreign languages as
you speak. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/06/19/earpiece-can-translate-foreign-languages-speak/
Sure it can. To see just how piss-poor voice
recognition technology still is, it suffices
to switch on the telly sub-titles while watching
a bit of sports coverage. And translate-as-you-go?
(Interpret, actually.) Forget it.
7
Lifestyle Changes to Make You a Better Entrepreneur.
https://www.thebalance.com/lifestyle-changes-better-entrepreneur-1200691?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9828948&utm_term=
How
Does Freelance Writing Work, Exactly? https://www.thebalance.com/how-does-freelance-writing-work-exactly-1360232?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9828948&utm_term=
17.06.2017:
New Government adviser to focus on securing
trade deals with non-EU countries. http://www.aol.co.uk/news/2017/06/16/new-government-adviser-to-focus-on-securing-trade-deals-with-non/
That's another good idea! So, let's take
stock: the regime's proposals to date for tackling
Brexit include re-naming the DTI; the appointment
of yet another adviser. And no plans whatsoever
with which to start Brexit negotiations (which
are now due).
Tourists
splurge in Britain to make the most of weak
pound. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/06/16/tourists-splurge-britain-make-weak-pound/
Reports
of Death of TTIP Greatly Exaggerated –
Trump to Revive Corporate Trade Agenda.
http://truepublica.org.uk/eu/reports-death-ttip-greatly-exaggerated-trump-revive-corporate-trade-agenda/
Almost
1m UK bank customers will be forced to use new
sort codes. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/16/almost-1-million-uk-bank-customers-new-sort-codes-bank-of-england-vickers-rules
'A
fraudster stole £19,821, and Lloyds wouldn't
even make a phone call'. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/personal-banking/savings/fraudster-stole-19821-lloyds-wouldnt-even-make-phone-call/
Hairdressers
and beauty salons warned they face £20,000
fine for offering free glasses of bubbly.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/16/hairdressers-beauty-salons-warned-face-20000-fine-offering-free/
Publishers
rejected me, but I went on to earn six-figures
selling 1,000 books a day. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/publishers-rejected-went-earn-six-figures-selling-1000-books/
Ultra
luxurious Japanese train unveiled. https://www.springwise.com/ultra-luxurious-japanese-train-unveiled/?utm_campaign=806327_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-16&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,HA5Z,2V1FMX,1SPDV,1
Kickstarter
project helps smokers kick the habit with VR.
https://www.springwise.com/kickstarter-project-helps-smokers-kick-habit-vr/?utm_campaign=806327_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-16&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,HA5Z,2V1FMX,1SPDV,1
16.06.2017:
Small businesses’ confidence in Theresa
May collapses. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/06/15/small-businesses-confidence-theresa-may-collapses/
It's a moot point if small businesses ever
had any confidence in Theresa May at all; the
only sources ever suggesting it was so being
her own party and media propagandascheisewriters
(The Gobshite Quartet) which have never been
right about anything ever at all.
Duke of York: UK firms should make best of Brexit.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40296649
Have they got a choice?
UK's
fraud hotspots revealed by Which? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40272732
Your
rights if a parcel arrives broken, late or damaged.
http://www.aol.co.uk/money/2017/06/16/your-rights-parcel-arrives-broken-late-damaged/
What
eBay Sellers Love About eBay. https://www.thebalance.com/what-ebay-sellers-love-about-ebay-4137941?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9828728&utm_term=
The
4 Most Difficult Stages of Becoming an Entrepreneur.
https://www.thebalance.com/the-4-most-difficult-stages-of-becoming-an-entrepreneur-1201060?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9828728&utm_term=
14
Exceptionally Useful Tools for Business Plan
Writing. https://www.thebalance.com/business-plan-writing-tools-2951568?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9828728&utm_term=
New
technique for document fingerprinting can cheaply
detect forgery. https://www.springwise.com/new-technique-document-fingerprinting-can-cheaply-detect-forgery/?utm_campaign=804694_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-15&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,H8WM,2V1FMX,1SK4V,1
Beach
plastic repurposed into sleek kitchenware.
https://www.springwise.com/beach-plastic-repurposed-sleek-kitchenware/?utm_campaign=804694_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-15&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,H8WM,2V1FMX,1SK4V,1
15.06.2017:
Retail sales fall in May as prices rise.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40285281
Company
directors targeted by identity fraudsters.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40286280
EU
mobile roaming charges scrapped. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40281013
Three
network mobile customers could be receiving
phonecalls without knowing. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/three-down-mobile-network-customers-calls-receive-phone-date-texts-send-uk-a7786101.html
Smartphone
apps 'bad for my finances'. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40278268
Oh, my God! Who's a clever sheep?
HSBC
internet banking not working. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/hsbc-down-internet-banking-not-working-cache-loading-problems-issues-a7787261.html
'I
lost £7,858 because TSB failed to check
a fraudster's address'. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/personal-banking/savings/lost-7858-tsb-failed-check-fraudsters-address/
Latest
TaxationWeb newsletter. http://mailchi.mp/taxationweb/taxationweb-newsletter-eru5s4x3ln?e=45c941d6f6
New
solar technology inspired by butterfly wings.
https://www.springwise.com/new-solar-technology-inspired-butterfly-wings/?utm_campaign=803273_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-14&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,H7T5,2V1FMX,1SFA3,1
Handbag
accessory detonates dye when robbed. https://www.springwise.com/handbag-accessory-detonates-dye-robbed/?utm_campaign=803273_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-14&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,H7T5,2V1FMX,1SFA3,1
14.06.2017:
Trucker body to seek cartel compensation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40267164
Nearly
half of data breaches caused by human error.
http://localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31394%3Ahuman-error-to-blame-for-almost-half-of-all-data-breaches-report&catid=174&Itemid=99
Almost half of data breaches reported to the
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) over
the four years to December 2016 were caused
by human error, analysis of ICO figures by Egress
Software Technologies has revealed. Of the breaches
reported in Q4 2016, 24% were caused by paperwork
being lost or stolen, nearly two-fifths were
due to confidential information being e-mailed,
posted or faxed to the wrong person or business,
and 5% of the breaches were due to failure to
properly redact information. Healthcare and
local government were the sectors that reported
the most incidents. (EnterpriseQuest)
Interest
rate rise would see firms struggle. http://www.r3.org.uk/index.cfm?page=1114&&element=30048&refpage=1008
One in 25 UK firms would have been unable to
repay their debts in February 2017 if interest
rates increased slightly, according to research
published by insolvency and restructuring trade
body R3. This is the first time the number of
firms at risk from even a small rise in interest
rates increased since 2014. Andrew Tate, spokesperson
for R3, said: "UK firms have faced a challenging
2016 and early 2017: the sharp fall in the pound
has made things difficult for importers, while
a rising National Living Wage and the roll-out
of pensions auto-enrolment have added to businesses'
running costs." (EnterpriseQuest)
One
in 10 in serious debt 'have no bed'. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40259946
New
card reader will help the money talk for older
customers. http://www.aol.co.uk/money/2017/06/13/new-card-reader-will-help-the-money-talk-for-older-customers/
How
to Start a Side Hustle While Keeping Your Day
Job. https://www.thebalance.com/how-to-start-a-side-business-while-keeping-your-day-job-4115403?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9810171&utm_term=
How
to Start a Podcast for Fun and Profit. https://www.thebalance.com/starting-a-podcast-for-profit-4142019?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9810171&utm_term=
New
wallpaper can tell bedtime stories. https://www.springwise.com/new-wallpaper-can-tell-bedtime-stories/?utm_campaign=801793_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-13&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,H6O1,2V1FMX,1SAFH,1
AI-powered
app helps users find confidence with public
speaking. https://www.springwise.com/ai-powered-app-helps-users-find-confidence-public-speaking/?utm_campaign=801793_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-13&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,H6O1,2V1FMX,1SAFH,1
13.06.2017:
Business organisations react to General Election
result. Business
organisations have called for political stability
and the formation of a functioning Government,
following the General Election on 8 June 2017
which resulted in a hung Parliament.
The
Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) National
Chairman Mike Cherry said: "In the coming
hours and days, business needs immediate reassurance
from the government that emerges about how it
will protect the economy from any political
turmoil."
FSB
and the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) also
called for a delay to Brexit negotiations to
ensure that the UK goes into the talks from
a position of strength.
BCC
Director General Dr Adam Marshall said: "No
business would walk into a negotiation without
clear objectives, an agreed starting position,
and a strong negotiating team. It is hard to
see how Brexit negotiations could begin without
answers on these important questions."
The
Forum of Private Business (FPB) said the new
Government, when it forms, must not ignore the
economic contribution of small businesses. FPB
Chief Executive Ian Cass said: "With such
a divisive split in the UK political scene,
it is time for business to take control of the
Country's future. Not just big business with
their sights purely on shareholder value, but
small businesses who live and breathe common
sense survival in a changing world."
To
read FSB's reaction in full, go to: http://www.fsb.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/post-election-stability-vital-for-businesses-says-fsb
To
read BCC's reaction in full, go to: http://www.britishchambers.org.uk/press-office/press-releases/bcc-reaction-to-general-election-result-2017.html
To
read FPB's reaction in full, go to:
https://journolink.com/release/forum_of_private_business_sounds_a_039mayday_distress_signal_for_businesses_2495/3393b6fc8894412159f85cf8ed8a876f54a3560b
New
rules to make it harder for firms to claim debt
from individuals. A
Pre-Action Protocol (PAP) for debt claims comes
into effect on 1 October 2017 and commercial
law firm EMW is warning that this may make it
more difficult for businesses to recover debts
from individuals. The Ministry of Justice's
PAP includes an extension of the maximum time
that debtors have to respond to a letter of
debt claim from 21 days to 31 days. Individuals
will be given a further 14 days of grace if
they fail to pay their debt and, as a result,
will have twice as long to pay a debt before
creditors are able to take them to court.
Read
more about the PAP at: https://www.emwllp.com/latest/tougher-rules-for-collecting-debt/
The
PAP is available in full at: https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/pdf/protocols/pre-action-protocol-for-debt-claims.pdf
Brexit
boost for freelancers. http://www.freelanceuk.com/news/5202.shtml
A survey by PeoplePerHour.com has revealed that
demand for freelancers is expected to rise due
to the economic uncertainty caused by Brexit.
Around 61% of survey respondents predict a larger
workload for freelancers as the UK leaves the
EU and, as a result, 56% plan to spend more
on freelancers. According to PeoplePerHour.com,
as freelancers can be taken on and let go more
quickly and easily, this makes them an attractive
option for employers who face a prolonged period
of economic uncertainty following the Brexit
vote. (EnterpriseQuest)
Typical
house price up £12,000 in a year, says
ONS. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40259495
Visitor
numbers fall at UK attractions after terrorist
attacks. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/13/merlin-entertainments-uk-attractions-visitor-numbers-fall-after-terrorist-attacks
Which adds weight to the conspiracy theory
that the attacks were masterminded by the French.
As usual.
UK
could get farm aid for two years after Brexit
under EU budget plan. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/13/uk-could-get-farm-aid-for-two-years-after-brexit-under-eu-budget-plan
Payday
loan complaints see sharp rise despite new rules.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40248006
EU
mobile roaming fees 'may still catch you out'.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40248007
Stephen
Harris: how my 'grotty rundown pub' The Sportsman
became Britain's best restaurant. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/features/stephen-harris-how-my-grotty-rundown-pub-became-britains-best-re/
12.06.2017:
Hung parliament sinks business confidence, IoD
finds. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40242543
Year-on-year
consumer spending falls for first time since
2013. http://www.aol.co.uk/money/2017/06/11/year-on-year-consumer-spending-falls-for-first-time-since-2013/
Number
of pensioners in private rental properties 'reaches
record levels'. http://www.aol.co.uk/money/2017/06/11/number-of-pensioners-in-private-rental-properties-reaches-recor/
Rise
in pensioner bachelor pads as 'silver splitters'
lead to a record number of older renters.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/11/rise-pensioner-bachelor-pads-silver-splitters-lead-record-number/
House
sales in Greater London slump by almost a third
in a year. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/jun/12/house-sales-in-greater-london-slump-by-almost-a-third-in-a-year
Not to worry - this Ponzi scheme still has
a long way to go.
Tories
‘spent more than £1m’ on negative
Facebook adverts attacking Jeremy Corbyn.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/conservative-social-media-strategy-attack-jeremy-corbyn-labouir-twitter-facebook-video-stormzy-akala-a7784406.html
Which doesn't tell us anything new about
the trash which uses Arsebook in this way (and
worse) but it does confirm once again, that
social media is far from being the tool it is
cracked up to be. For psycopaths, paedophiles
and social inadequates, maybe. But not for businesses.
Virtual
reality concept creates travel search and booking
experience. https://www.springwise.com/virtual-reality-concept-creates-travel-search-booking-experience/?utm_campaign=800018_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-12&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,H5AQ,2V1FMX,1S4O9,1
Fashion
subscription service delivers all-black basics
to your door. https://www.springwise.com/fashion-subscription-service-delivers-black-basics-door/?utm_campaign=800018_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-12&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,H5AQ,2V1FMX,1S4O9,1
Cycling
bell beams inside cars. https://www.springwise.com/cycling-bell-beams-inside-cars/?utm_campaign=800018_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-12&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,H5AQ,2V1FMX,1S4O9,1
11.06.2017:
Double whammy for British tourists as pound
plunges and prices rise abroad. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/jun/10/general-election-pound-value-falls-prices-rise-abroad
SSE exploring ultrafast broadband network.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/06/10/sse-exploring-ultrafast-broadband-network/
101 Small Business Ideas to Inspire You to
Start a Business. https://www.thebalance.com/small-business-ideas-2951453?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9781387&utm_term=
10
Unusual Animal Businesses. https://www.thebalance.com/unusual-animal-businesses-125499?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9781387&utm_term=
CNET
Community: Do you have simple tips to speed
up Windows 10? https://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/do-you-have-simple-tips-to-speed-up-windows-10/?ftag=CAD5920658&bhid=22951757626637189212880527427435
10.06.2017:
Business leaders demand answers over Brexit
strategy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40216650
Business leaders can 'demand' all
they like; all they will get is cowardly evasion
and buck-passing until the regime's parcel-shelf
nodding dogs receive their lastest instructions
from the Pentagon.
UK
industrial output weaker than expected.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40219424
'Weaker than expected' by whom? The same
team of lying 'experts', hate-preachers and
propagandascheisewriters (criminal tossers)
who persuaded the present (ex) regime that they
would win by a massive landslide if they called
an election now?
Fears
grow over UK economy as manufacturing and construction
stumble. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/06/09/fears-grow-uk-economy-manufacturing-construction-stumble/
'Fears' which obviously didn't count for
anything when the country's Gobshite Four of
The Daily Mail, The Sun, The Telegraph and The
Express encouraged its moronic following to
vote for UKIP; vote for Brexit; and vote for
the Tory (WC - war criminal) Party.
The
power of pictures: how Instagram changed the
property market. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/sell/power-pictures-instagram-changed-property-market/
As
house prices slump, look at this desperate couple's
solution. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/personal-banking/mortgages/house-prices-slump-look-desperate-couples-solution/
Best
'dumb' phones for the internet weary: in pictures.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/02/24/best-dumb-phones-for-the-internet-weary-in-pictures/
Scamwatch:
arrest warrant fraud. http://www.aol.co.uk/money/2017/06/09/scamwatch-arrest-warrant-fraud/
AI
photography assistant uses mobiles to control
DSLR camera. https://www.springwise.com/ai-photography-assistant-uses-mobiles-control-dslr-camera/?utm_campaign=798057_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-09&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,H3S9,2V1FMX,1RZ34,1
Hearing
aid alerts users of danger at night. https://www.springwise.com/hearing-aid-alerts-users-danger-night/?utm_campaign=798057_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-09&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,H3S9,2V1FMX,1RZ34,1
09.06.2017:
'This is a serious moment for the UK economy':
Business reacts to shock general election result.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/06/09/serious-moment-uk-economy-business-reacts-shock-general-election/
Finally - time to take out the trash and
get on with some new business. And a big 'thank
you' to the country's yoof if indeed, it is
they who eventually moved their arses to vote
for their futures.
Tesco
celebrates partnership with British farmers
through presence at UK agricultural shows.
http://www.internationalsupermarketnews.com/news/28309
Perfect
storm on the way for UK hospitality industry.
http://www.internationalsupermarketnews.com/news/28277
13
skills that are dying out because of modern
technology. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/0/skills-dying-modern-technology/
12
Unique Business Ideas That Make Money. https://www.thebalance.com/unique-business-ideas-2947949?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9756167&utm_term=
7
Ways to Turn Your Home Into a Money-Making Property.
https://www.thebalance.com/turn-your-home-into-a-money-making-property-4083216?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9756167&utm_term=
Top
16 Overnight Jobs. https://www.thebalance.com/top-overnight-jobs-4141262?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9781372&utm_term=
How
to Grow Your Online Business With Amazon.com
https://www.thebalance.com/how-to-grow-your-online-business-with-amazon-com-4111870?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9781372&utm_term=
08.06.2017:
UK house prices rise for first time in five
months. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/07/uk-house-prices-rise-general-election-brexit-market
House price growth cools further in May,
says Halifax. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40173752
Food
and drink exports reach record high. http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Business-News/Food-and-drink-exports-reach-record-high-levels
The Food and Drink Federation has revealed that
the value of UK food and drink exports reached
a record high of £4.9 billion during the
first three months of 2017, largely due to overseas
sales of whisky, salmon and chocolate. This
represents an increase of 8.3% on the value
of UK food and drink exports in the corresponding
period of 2016.
The
EU accounted for almost two thirds (65%) of
UK food and drink exports in Q1 2017. However,
the value of non-EU exports increased by 9.4%
from Q1 2016 to Q1 2017, while the value of
EU exports increased by 7.4% over the same period.
(EnterpriseQuest)
Food
manufacturers face skills shortage. http://www.foodnavigator.com/Policy/UK-food-industry-faces-labour-shortfall-as-Brexit-fallout-gathers-pace
According to a paper from the Food Research
Collaboration, food manufacturers in the UK
are facing a shortage of skilled labour due
to the impact of Brexit and the fact that fewer
young people are choosing a career in the sector.
Almost a third of the UK food and drink manufacturing
workforce are EU nationals and the industry
also needs to recruit 140,000 new workers by
2024 to replace retirees. The paper sets out
a number of recommendations to address the growing
skills and labour shortages. These include continued
access to EU workers and raising awareness of
the range of manufacturing careers available
to young people. (EnterpriseQuest)
Organic
milk not good for the land, says ad watchdog.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40186774
Emoji
style advertisements come to iOS messaging.
https://www.springwise.com/emoji-style-advertisements-come-ios-messaging/?utm_campaign=795196_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-07&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,H1KS,2V1FMX,1RPHG,1
07.06.2017:
Retail sales down as consumers start to feel
the pinch. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40170746
AO
World warns over sharp UK business slowdown
after Brexit vote. http://www.aol.co.uk/news/2017/06/06/ao-world-warns-over-sharp-uk-business-slowdown-after-brexit-vote/
Pound
plunge makes UK cities cheapest for expats in
at least 10 years. http://www.aol.co.uk/money/2017/06/06/pound-plunge-makes-uk-cities-cheapest-for-expats-in-at-least-10/
General
Election 2017: May would revive Board of Trade.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40167979
Now there's a traditional ploy by politicians
stuck for new ideas: re-name a government department.
Rents
follow house prices and show first fall since
2009 crisis. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/renting/rents-follow-house-prices-show-first-fall-since-2009-crisis/
Vodafone
cracks down on Google and Facebook advertising
over extremist material and fake news. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/06/06/vodafone-cracks-google-facebook-advertising-extremist-material/
Like fake claims for broadband connectivity,
for example?
More
consultants going freelance. http://www.consultancy.uk/news/13477/independent-consultants-form-opportunity-for-wider-consulting-industry
Research by consultancy marketplace Talmix has
revealed that a growing number of consultants
are operating as independent freelancers. Almost
a third of the 175,000 digital and management
consultants in the UK are now working freelance.
According to Talmix, a desire for more flexibility
and autonomy, higher levels of job satisfaction
and increased earnings are the key factors behind
the rise in the number of freelance consultants.
More consultancy firms are also choosing to
hire freelance consultants on a project-by-project
basis. (EnterpriseQuest)
12
Things No One Tells You About Running a Home
Business. https://www.thebalance.com/12-things-no-one-tells-you-about-running-a-home-business-4078711?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9756138&utm_term=
Synthetic
sensor makes a room of smart devices even smarter.
https://www.springwise.com/synthetic-sensor-makes-room-smart-devices-even-smarter/?utm_campaign=793802_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-06&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter
Food
packaging changes colour with food’s freshness.
https://www.springwise.com/food-packaging-changes-colour-foods-freshness/?utm_campaign=793802_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-06&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter
06.06.2017:
Hike in insurance tax takes effect. https://www.biba.org.uk/press-releases/millions-hit-insurance-tax-hike/
An increase in the rate of insurance premium
tax (IPT) may make insurance more expensive
for millions of individuals and firms, the British
Insurance Brokers’ Association has warned.
The rate of IPT was increased from 10% to 12%
on 1 June 2017. IPT is charged as a percentage
of the insurance premium. This means that the
increases will have the greatest effect on policyholders
who already pay the most for cover. Mike Cherry,
National Chairman of the FSB, said: "If
insurance premiums continue to increase, small
business take-up of insurance will begin to
dip, and it will be those most at risk that
will be affected." (EnterpriseQuest)
Small
firms still waiting for rates relief. https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2017/05/24000-small-businesses-still-waiting-rates-relief/
The Department for Communities and Local Government
(DCLG) has provided local authorities in England
and Wales with the paperwork they need to implement
the discretionary Business Rates Relief Scheme,
which was announced in March 2017. This follows
a report claiming most of the 25,000 businesses
that have lost their small business rates relief
had not received any help from their local authority.
DCLG has also encouraged local authorities to
contact ratepayers who are eligible for relief
as soon as possible. (EnterpriseQuest)
Inflation
and election uncertainty slow services sector
growth in May. http://www.aol.co.uk/news/2017/06/05/inflation-and-election-uncertainty-slow-services-sector-growth-i/
Looks suspiciously like a typo: shouldn't
it read 'May's election uncertainty and
inflation policy slows services sector.' (That's
the trouble with fake news these days.)
Wealth
'begins at £134,170 a year'. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40163816
Or, about the same as a crooked Tory MP (or
Minister) expects to receive in cash suppositories
and bogus expenses every year.
New
scam targets BT customers. http://www.aol.co.uk/money/2017/06/05/new-scam-targets-bt-customers/
Another typo? 'BT targets customers with
new scam' perhaps?
Playing
video games 'can boost communication skills'.
http://www.aol.co.uk/news/2017/06/05/playing-video-games-can-boost-communication-skills/
Duh. Oh, my God! Cool, guys. Duh. Awesome.
(Recent research from a university noted for
producing unemployable, illiterate thickos,
sponsored by the Games For Dummies Without A
Life industry.
New
near-infrared 3D scanner replaces the need for
lasers. https://www.springwise.com/new-near-infrared-3d-scanner-replaces-need-lasers/?utm_campaign=792081_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-05&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,GZ69,2V1FMX,1REXR,1
Smart
cooking system could make master chefs of us
all. https://www.springwise.com/smart-cooking-system-make-master-chefs-us/?utm_campaign=792081_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-05&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,GZ69,2V1FMX,1REXR,1
Tiny
travelling bookstore set to visit bookworms
across France. https://www.springwise.com/tiny-travelling-bookstore-set-visit-bookworms-across-france/?utm_campaign=792081_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-05&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,GZ69,2V1FMX,1REXR,1
05.96.2917:
London terror: Groups oppose May's call to further
regulate web. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40149649
How about sharing the experience of the millions
of victims who have suffered endless terror
attacks from the Coalition of Evil for the past
few centuries? The Afghans, the Iraqis, the
Libyans, the Syrians, the Palestinians, the
Yemenis, the Africans and so on and so on? What
about asking them if they think that regulating
the web still further will make a difference?
Especially at western regime fake election times.
Or
should we tackle ALL terrorism and ALL of its
tools instead?
Price
comparison site Kelkoo takes Google to High
Court over abuse of search dominance. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/06/03/price-comparison-site-kelkoo-takes-google-high-court-abuse-search/
Global
beer sales drying up, says report. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40149648
And just as Brexit Knobheads are looking
at a significant hike in the price of wine at
the same time. It's enough to drive everyone
to growing their own wacky baccy.
'I
mistakenly transferred £7,000 to a fraudster,
but neither my bank nor theirs would help'.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/mistakenly-transferred-7000-fraudster-neither-bank-nor-would/
Which 'fraudster' was this, then? The bank?
The
beauty brands that don’t test on animals.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/beauty/skin/beauty-brands-dont-test-animals/
Wouldn't it be a great selling point if beauty
brands (and Big Pharma) could boast 'Tested
on Human Scum' instead?
7
Ways to Increase Your Service Business's Profits.
https://www.thebalance.com/increase-your-service-business-profits-2948142?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9732022&utm_term=
3
Tried-and-True Ways to Get Your Small Business
Organized. https://www.thebalance.com/how-to-organize-a-small-business-4126115?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9732022&utm_term=
Digital
footprint helps refugees get a bank account.
https://www.springwise.com/digital-footprint-helps-refugees-get-bank-account/?utm_campaign=785512_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-05-30&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,GU3S,2V1FMX,1QTU8,1
Tactile
‘tablet’ delivers graphical content
for the blind. https://www.springwise.com/tactile-tablet-delivers-graphical-content-blind/?utm_campaign=785512_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-05-30&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,GU3S,2V1FMX,1QTU8,1
Teenager
in India builds world’s tiniest satellite.
https://www.springwise.com/teenager-india-builds-worlds-tiniest-satellite/?utm_campaign=785512_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-05-30&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,GU3S,2V1FMX,1QTU8,1
04.06.2017:
Consumer confidence shows unexpected rise -
but squeeze set to bite. http://enforbusiness.com/news/consumer-confidence-shows-unexpected-rise-squeeze-set-bite-201711447
BA
delays: Automatic compensation urged by consumer
group. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40137761
Top
Reason Most Businesses Fail (According to Their
Founders). https://www.thebalance.com/top-reason-most-businesses-fail-1201064?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9707789&utm_term=
6
Best Sites for Unbiased Feedback on Your Business
Idea. https://www.thebalance.com/unbiased-business-idea-feedback-1201040?utm_campaign=smbinfo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9707789&utm_term=
03.06.2017:
Rise in housebuilding boosts construction sector
in May. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40130436
Google
could face a $9bn EU fine for rigging search
results in its favour. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/google-eu-fine-search-9-billion-search-results-rigging-alphabet-shopping-service-a7768621.html
So we'll be seeing the cheating USA sanctioned
and banned from the next Olympics, in other
words?
Google
to let publishers charge users for ad-blockers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40132519
More
lenders target small-deposit buyers, just as
house prices slide. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/personal-banking/mortgages/lenders-target-small-deposit-buyers-just-house-prices-slide/
Recreational
drugs market should be managed by 'governments
not gangsters', says expert. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/recreational-drugs-government-gangsters-war-decriminalise-legalise-transform-reform-experts-a7763546.html
Governments do manage the drugs market, actually.
Anyway, 'governments' or 'gangsters' - what's
the difference?
02.06.2017:
UK now the worst-performing advanced economy
in the world after post-Brexit vote slump.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-worst-performing-advanced-economy-world-post-brexit-slump-election-pound-sterling-a7766286.html
So we don't have to wait for Mr Corbyn to
be elected to ruin the country after all? (According
to regime propagandascheisewriters and
hate preachers.) The WC (war criminal) Tory
Party has already managed that all by itself.
One
supposes that might be just one reason why the
current Prime Minister, national disaster Theresa
May, has decided to stop mounting personal attacks
on her opposition. As any successful, professional
business will know, you don't gain customers
by constantly slagging off the competition.
They want to hear what you can do instead. An
essential point which seems to have been missed
not only by Ms May, but also her regime's hate-preaching,
fake news propaganda.
UK
house prices in longest slump since 2009 crash
as Brexit vote and tax hikes hit home. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-house-prices-slump-longest-2009-brexit-vote-tax-hikes-home-housing-market-a7766386.html
Another national catastrophe which is suddenly
being laid at the feet of the Prime Minister
by her country's cowardly, turncoat, fake news
propaganda while ignoring the rest of her criminal
collaborators, stooges and advisers whose track
record is even more dangerously incompetent
than her own: track records second only to the
country's fake news media and its assortment
of know-nothing, psycopath columnists fawning
for Israel and America.
House
prices fell again in May, Nationwide says.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40117132
Insurance
premiums 'rise due to tax change'. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40107955
Banks
'rebuilding reputation' after crash. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40110973
Is this a 'typo'? Or still more fake news?
Firms
warned to prepare for tougher EU data protection
rules. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40110402
Computer
programme can detect whether farm animals and
pets are in pain. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/05/31/computer-programme-can-detect-whether-farm-animals-pets-pain/
Robot
parking valet introduced at Paris-Charles de
Gaulle airport. https://www.springwise.com/robot-parking-valet-introduced-paris-charles-de-gaulle-airport/?utm_campaign=786016_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-05-31&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,GUHS,2V1FMX,1QVOC,1
Ultra
minimalist mobile designed to be used less.
https://www.springwise.com/ultra-minimalist-mobile-designed-used-less/?utm_campaign=786016_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-05-31&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,GUHS,2V1FMX,1QVOC,1
Robot
fish to monitor water health in fish farms.
https://www.springwise.com/robot-fish-monitor-water-health-fish-farms/?utm_campaign=788568_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-01&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,GWGO,2V1FMX,1R3YF,1
Crowdsourced
app targets counterfeit products. https://www.springwise.com/crowdsourced-app-targets-counterfeit-products/?utm_campaign=788568_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-01&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,GWGO,2V1FMX,1R3YF,1
Smart
t-shirt developed with respiratory monitor.
https://www.springwise.com/smart-t-shirt-developed-respiratory-monitor/?utm_campaign=788568_Manual%3A%20Springwise%20Daily%20-%202017-06-01&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=3GJ2,GWGO,2V1FMX,1R3YF,1
01.06.2017:
Sterling recovers after hung parliament prediction.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40101566
I'm glad someone has explained that there's
no need to hang ALL of Parliament. Just it's
war criminals and traitors - like Blairites
and Tories.
Consumer
confidence rises to four-month high despite
Brexit and general election uncertainty.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-consumer-confidence-rise-four-month-high-brexit-general-election-2017-uncertainty-pound-sterling-a7764386.html
UK
public agree with Jeremy Corbyn on foreign policy
terror links, poll finds. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-foreign-terror-links-uk-public-agree-latest-poll-labour-policies-a7764476.html
'Foreign policy', eh? Now there's another
euphemism which is much favoured by the human
scum which gains its filthy, blood-soaked lucre
from murdering innocent civilians and/or exhorting
others to do so. Then, in the same breath suggesting
that the business community tries harder to
find new marketplaces and increase exports just
as millions of victims finally get the hump
and decide to fight back.
UK
exports record amount of food and drink.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40090366
Nos. 1 and 2 top exports were - Scottish
whisky and Scottish salmon. All helped by the
weak pound. A success story for which English
MPs will no doubt, take all the credit. Just
as they do for 'British' Olympic gold medals
won mainly by furreners, colonials, immigrants,
blacks and Muslims. And Scots.
British
Airways agrees to compensation claims after
systems failure. http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/british-airways-flights-ba-it-system-outage-delays-compensation-airline-covers-cost-claims-eu-rules-a7763886.html
Bankers
see cyber crime and political turmoil as main
threats. http://www.aol.co.uk/news/2017/05/30/bankers-see-cyber-crime-and-political-turmoil-as-main-threats/
Which is why, no doubt, they are continuing
to invest in both.
Brexit
expat pensioners 'may cost NHS millions'.
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-40095822
We suggested this over a year ago. And
'about 190,000 British pensioners live abroad'?
In fact, there are an estimated 300,000 +
in Spain alone. Mind you, this is the BBC. (British
Bropaganda Corporation.) The official British/American/Israeli
fake news channel.
Fraudsters
'use tricks of speech' in cons. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40104294
Oh, my God!!! Innit.
With
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